Andrés Manuel López Beltrán denies fuel smuggling allegations, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, son of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, rejected any relationship with what is known as huachicol fiscal, a form of fuel smuggling tied to customs irregularities, and denied having intervened with authorities to favor smuggling operations.
In a message broadcast Tuesday from Tabasco, the former organization secretary of the Morena party described the allegations against him as part of an alleged media campaign and a “dirty war” also aimed at his father and family. “I want to categorically deny it, since I have nothing to do with those crimes, in which they perversely want to involve me,” he said.
López Beltrán said he had not spoken with officials of the Secretariat of the Navy, whether personally, by telephone or through any other channel. His statement responds to journalistic reports linking him to alleged customs irregularities and possible efforts before maritime authorities.
He also referred to a person detained in Argentina, whom he said had reportedly received offers of protection and immunity from agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in exchange for testifying against him, his father and his family. This version corresponds to López Beltrán’s own accusation and does not, by itself, constitute independent confirmation that U.S.
agents made such an offer.
During his remarks, the son of the former president blamed businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego and journalists Carlos Loret de Mola and Ramón Alberto Garza for participating in an alleged slander campaign. According to López Beltrán, groups of economic power seeking to recover former privileges stand behind the allegations.
He also denied maintaining commercial relations or complicity with businessman Jorge Amílcar Olán, mentioned in press reports over alleged awards of public contracts and health sector purchases. The politician recalled a clarification he issued in July 2024, in which he rejected having recommended or interceded for individuals or companies to obtain public contracts or resources.
The controversy also involves reports of a possible investigation into huachicol fiscal. However, in August 2026, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported that it did not have sufficient evidentiary data to open an investigation against López Beltrán for hydrocarbon-related crimes.
The agency also denied at that time that it had protected witnesses who had made accusations to open an inquiry against him.
Separately, in September, a report by The New York Times said U.S. agencies were investigating possible links between the politician and organized crime and fuel smuggling, although the outlet itself indicated that no formal investigation had been opened against him.
The statement comes as López Beltrán conducts community tours in Tabasco and seeks to become the Morena candidate for federal deputy for District 6 ahead of the 2027 elections. He is also facing controversy over the revocation of his U.S.
visa, which he disclosed in August and described as a political decision. The U.S.
government has not publicly provided a specific explanation for the cancellation of his document.
López Beltrán maintains that the allegations lack basis and form part of a strategy to damage his image, that of his family and that of the political movement to which he belongs.
